1998 Melanesia Cup

The Melanesia Cup 1998 was the sixth Melanesia-wide football tournament ever held. It took place in Santo, Vanuatu and five teams participated: Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu and served for the second time as Oceania Nations Cup qualifyer.

1998 Melanesia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryVanuatu
Dates5–12 September
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Fiji (4th title)
Runners-up Vanuatu
Third place Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored31 (3.1 per match)

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Fiji winning the tournament for the third time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 1998 along with Vanuatu.

Results

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji (C) 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 10 Advanced to 1998 OFC Nations Cup
2  Vanuatu (H) 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 7
3  Solomon Islands 4 2 1 1 8 7 +1 7
4  Papua New Guinea 4 1 1 2 3 6 3 4
5  New Caledonia 4 0 0 4 4 10 6 0
Source:
(C) Champion; (H) Host.
Fiji 3–0 New Caledonia

Papua New Guinea 1–3 Solomon Islands

Fiji 2–1 Vanuatu

Papua New Guinea 1–0 New Caledonia

Vanuatu 1–1 Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands 3–2 New Caledonia

Vanuatu 3–1 Solomon Islands

Fiji 2–0 Papua New Guinea

New Caledonia 2–3 Vanuatu

Fiji 1–1 Solomon Islands

Fiji and Vanuatu qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998

References

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